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Happy New Year, ya'll! Well, I thought very seriously for like two whole minutes about making some end-of-the-year lists, like I did last year...but I don't think that's gonna happen. I'm just not inspired. Daddy &…
- 12/31/2006 10:33:21 AM
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FIRST Blog Tour: Hell in a Briefcase

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! It is January 1st, time for the FIRST Day Blog Tour! (Join our alliance! Click the button!) The FIRST day of every month we will feature an author and their latest book's FIRST chapter! This month'…
- 12/31/2006 10:31:13 AM
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White Christmas, the musical

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: White Christmas is one of the best musicals ever made – make that one of the best movies ever made. I absolutely adore it. This CD is the soundtrack to the stage version of the film. I s…
- 12/30/2006 12:46:25 AM
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Christmas music: Susan Egan, Winter Tracks

So I think this was kind of a barren year for new Christmas music, but there were a few gems in a sea of blandness. Susan Egan, Winter Tracks: As the title of this CD suggests, it isn’t a Christmas album per se – the…
- 12/28/2006 7:58:00 PM
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A little more...

“Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.” Isn’t that profound?? I received the above in a fortune cookie about a week ago and it’s been stuck in my wallet ever since then. A coworker to…
- 12/27/2006 9:37:15 PM
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December recap

I don’t think I’ve ever been so shocked in my life. Glenn Beck had the idiot that hosts the most boring morning radio show on the planet (and he's from Nashville! woohoo!) substitute for him this morning while he’s on va…
- 12/26/2006 6:11:29 PM
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No work until Tuesday. YAY!! Not sure how much I'm going to be on here over the weekend, so I'll go ahead and say MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
- 12/22/2006 12:56:56 AM
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Hmmm...NICE...

Okay so I'd totally forgotten that Viggo Mortensen was making a movie called Alatriste. I was on Fandango looking up movie times and came across the poster: *sigh* Nice, no? I should say though that I found the previ…
- 12/18/2006 9:04:29 PM
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Eragon

Sooo...has anyone seen the movie Eragon? Becky & I went this afternoon. Three points: First of all I should say that I haven't read the book yet (working on that). Second, Patrick Doyle did a fantastic job scoring th…
- 12/17/2006 1:10:16 AM
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Xanga ate my post yesterday. I mean it was really short and nothing extraordinary but STILL... The first wave of Christmas cards have been mailed out. YAY!! Saw The Holiday for the second time this week last night (sa…
- 12/14/2006 6:16:42 PM
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I got a Christmas card from an author I don't know online or in real-life and I've never read her books either. How weird is that? More to the point how the heck did she get my address?? This is a wonderful CD by the w…
- 12/12/2006 8:35:15 PM
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I just barely managed to avoid near catastrophe tonight...namely an overstuffed rolling garbage can falling down one steep hill of a driveway and taking me with it, head over heels. It's harder than it looks, especially …
- 12/11/2006 11:18:01 PM
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Joyeux Noel & Scoop & Silent Night

Joyeux Noel: I watched this DVD a couple of days ago but never got around to blogging about it. This film tells the story of the Christmas Eve truce of 1914 during World War I. This account is somewhat fictionalized as f…
- 12/10/2006 10:39:23 PM
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Aaaghh...I am so FULL. The progressive dinner was lots of fun, but way too much delicious food!Quote of the week (this just fits, trust me): "Watch out for people who act weird -- they may not be acting" (from an old …
- 12/9/2006 12:39:45 AM
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Lots of randomness...

Thank you all for your prayers regarding the 18 year old who committed suicide last week. My parents & brother were able to go the funeral (it was middle of the day Tuesday), and my mom said the service and visitatio…
- 12/6/2006 9:37:40 PM
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Prayer request: Found out yesterday that a guy I used to babysit for about ten years ago (he's 18) committed suicide. Please, if you feel led, lift up a prayer for his family (parents & two sisters). I can onlly imag…
- 12/3/2006 1:52:30 AM
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Well now this is a shocker...

...or not: Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well.An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly.You a…
- 12/3/2006 12:28:31 AM
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Swingin' Christmas music

All because myglasshouse asked, here are a few officially endorsed by this blog Christmas swing CDs... 1. Christmas with the Rat Pack: Of course this would be my #1 recommendation. It doesn't really get any better than…
- 12/2/2006 12:16:48 AM
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CFBA Tour ~ Landon Snow #3 by R. K. Mortenson

This week, members of the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance are reviewing Landon Snow and the Island of Arcanum by R. K. Mortenson. Book info: In the latest adventure of Landon Snow And the Island of Arcanum, Landon, o…
- 12/1/2006 8:36:41 PM
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FIRST Blog Tour ~ Eye of the Oracle by Bryan Davis

It is December 1st, time for the FIRST Day Blog Tour! (Join our alliance! Click the button!) The FIRST day of every month we will feature an author and their latest book's FIRST chapter! This month's feature author …
- 12/1/2006 8:15:32 PM
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